Qiang, Southern
A language of China
| Population | 81,300 (1999 J. Evans), decreasing. No monolinguals. 8,300 Daqishan dialect, 4,100 Taoping dialect, 3,100 Longxi dialect, 14,500 Mianchi dialect, 31,000 Hehu dialect. Around 130,000 total for Northern and Southern Qiang. 80,000 classified as Qiang nationality and 50,000 classified as Tibetan nationality (1990 J-O. Svantesson). |
| Region | North central Sichuan Province, Minjiang River basin between Zhenjiangguan in Songpan County to the north, and Wenchuan and Li counties to the south, as far east as Beichuan County. |
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| Alternate names | Ch’iang |
| Dialects | Dajishan (Daqishan), Taoping, Longxi, Mianchi, Heihu, Sanlong, Jiaochang. Related to Muya [mvm]. |
| Classification | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Tangut-Qiang, Qiangic |
| Language use | Home. Older adults. Negative language attitude. Many also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn] or Tibetan [bod]. Written Chinese is in use in the education system. |
| Language development | Those under 35 are functionally literate in Chinese. |
| Comments | Classified as Qiang and Tibetan nationalities. SOV; heavy phonemic inventory; consonant clusters in syllable onsets; tonal, 6 tones. Agriculturalists; animal husbandry. Buddhist (Lamaist), polytheist, Daoist. |
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